Vineboard @ HackBmth
I’ve been fascinated with Vine ever since it was launched in January. Vine, if you didn’t already know, lets you capture and share short looping videos which can be up to 6 seconds long. Having this 6 second limitation has squeezed no end of creative loveliness from people everywhere:
This got me thinking. Maybe we could use Vine in a different way - to make music. I recorded 20 individual Vines of myself singing musical notes with the plan to make a keyboard.
Last weekend at HackBmth, myself and my bro @skattyadz got the chance to make this idea real. I designed the on screen keyboard and @skattyadz did the clever stuff, linking the Vines to the computer keyboard and adding effects like distortion and reverb. @sydlawrence also added some essential hokery pokery towards the end.
Here’s @skattyadz explaining the Vineboard
Here’s someone using it for real:
By robhampsonTuesday, April 23, 2013HackBmth
Yesterday I found myself in an incredibly sunny Bournemouth for a hack day organised by @skattyadz and @jonginn, aptly named HackBmth! Here’s how the event was described:
“What would happen if you put Bournemouth’s creatives in one room, for one day?” That’s HACKBMTH. That’s it. There’s no theme, no goal, and no pressure. It’s a chance to make on that thing you’ve had in the back of your mind, to try something new, and to learn off each other.
As soon as I walked through the door at 10 am I had a great feeling. The room was already buzzing with about 30 - 40 people discussing their ideas for the day. Lots of interesting hardware scattered the place. It was exciting to imagine how things might end up at the show and tell.
After a quick intro from @skattyadz and @jonginn everyone got hacking. It was awesome looking around seeing people work on weird and wonderful things just for the hell of it. Every now and then I’d take a walk and see what people were up to. It was a great chance to chat tech and learn about stuff from friendly people.
Anyway, the show and tell soon rolled around. Here’s what people got up to. I’ve tried to link credits to Twitter where possible and I hope I haven’t missed anyone:
Vineboard by Me and @skattyadz
A keyboard with effects powered by individually pre recorded Vines.
Balloon Animal Maker by @jonginn
Magically make balloon animals with the help of Leap Motion.
Mind Controlled Beer Pourer by @Phishtitz and John
Magically pour beer just using your brain!
A Time Telling Hat by Sean
This hat wiggles on the hour so you know the time.
Twitter Account RSS Feeds by @KayraAlat
Kayra learnt Django and made RSS feeds from twitter accounts.
Lazyweb bot by @tombuildsstuff
A bot that automagically answers questions through twitter.
YouTube/Soundcloud mixer by Adam
Load your tracks up and get mixing!
Cat party by @alexbrookey
Turn any site instantly into a cat party
Magic Coffee Cup by Chris
Put your cup on a device that likes NFC and boom!
NFC car registration reader by @JammyClarkie
Tappity tap and your car deets appear - handy!
Leap Motion Laser Fingers by @andytouch
Shoot stuff with your hands.
Polargraph line drawing machine by Mark
A thing that draws things using things made by a 3D printer
ETA Journey Planner by @phil
Phil’s first android app built and pushed to Google Play.Get it
Alfred Workflow: Dev Doctor
Need help while you are coding?
Get a helping hand to the right documentation
An alfred workflow to help finding documentation for various languages and frameworks.
View more information about Alfred Dev Doctor and download it.
And then there were 5 (& Mia)
One Month Ago
- @sydlawrence: Hey Rob, wanna join us for chat about making awesome sh.it?
- @robhampson: Sure, sounds sweet
The Following Monday - Google Hangout with Team (The closest thing we have to an interview)
- @wemakeawesomesh: So here we are, ready to meet the team rob?
- @robhampson: Sure, I’m ready, I’m wearing a wig and some glasses
- @wemakeawesomesh: You’re hired, welcome to the team
Today
- @robhampson: hai guise I’m ready, what do you want me to prettify?
- @sydlawrence:
- @nrocy
- @robhampson
- @skattyadz
- @adverplanner
Welcome to the team @robhampson!
To Celebrate
Due to this, I’m afraid we will all be spending today in the pub.
If you need us, come to the pub, we’ll be at the Mucky Duck in Winchester.
#WakeUpMeowMeow by sending in a text message
Client - Southbank Centre
Project - #WakeUpMeowMeow Interactive Installation
By sydlawrenceMonday, February 25, 2013Geeky - February Meetup
@skattyadz is talking at Geeky tomorrow night, let us know if you are going
Stylophone Helicopter Game
January saw 27 hackers descend on the French Riviera for a special 45 hour Music Hack Day. I brought a Stylophone along, and intended to use it to make a game. If you don’t know what a Stylophone is, it’s a retro toy that makes horrible noises:
How Modestep “fraped” thousands of people
Client - Modestep, by way of United Agency
Project - Modestep Evolution Theory “Virus”
Push It - London Web Standards
@sydlawrence is speaking at London Web Standard tonight, let us know if you are going.
Corporate communications bulletin - Harlem Shake Roulette
Good evening and welcome to a special bulletin from the corporate communications team working with business development. We have done some careful analysis on the Harlem Shake Roulette project to ascertain the ROIs and KPIs and FBIs.
By sydlawrenceThursday, February 14, 2013
Earlier today we launched Harlem Shake Roulette
(Source: harlemshakeroulette.com)
It’s a new dawn
A lot has happened since we started this blog, and then abandoned it as we were too busy making awesome shit.
However, we have decided we really need to start writing up some of our projects, mainly for our own learnings.
So I have wiped all the old posts, and today we start fresh from here.
